We believe in a world of paper.

We believe in doing things a little different,

in ideas that have never been done before.

We believe in a world of paper.

Welcome to Södra Pulp Labs.

Pulp Labs

Södra Pulp Labs

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Challenges

001. A Durable Paper

001. A Durable Paper

Is it possible to make a paper based material that doesn't get affected by humidity and temperature? A new material with a durability normally associated with steel, wood and hard plastic. We know it is, and we call it DuraPulp.

002. An Insulating Paper

002. An Insulating Paper

Is it possible to make paper that is light as well as insulating to sound, heat and cold? We think so. That's why we started working on this new material we call FoamPulp.

004. A Super Absorbent Paper

004. A Super Absorbent Paper

We think there are great market opportunities for a super absorbent material based on paper pulp. But we are not sure of which. We call this new material for ThirstPulp.

003. The Strongest Paper Ever

003. The Strongest Paper Ever

Researchers claim that if you break down paper pulp in to nano fibers and than build it up again, one could produce a material with properties associated to materials such as kevlar. What if we could make a protective vest in a paper based material? We think it is possible but we need help to make it happen and to create NanoPulp.

Updates

The WooDi project

The WooDi project

WooDi is a unique project were Södra Cell, SCA and Chalmers University have joined forces to produce a diaper that could one day be made entirely of wood-based fibers.

Challenge 004: A Super Absorbent Paper

Developing the material

What could a paper with super absorbent properties be used for?

Time for business

Developing the material

More than nine years after the first thoughts on a new durable composite material based on paper pulp entered a lab enviroment, and two years after Parupu made its debut on the Milan Design Week, we are finally ready for business.

Södra wins PPI award 2011

Developing the material

Södra Cell’s new biocompositematerial, DuraPulp, won first prize in the category of Innovative Product of the Year earlier this week at the PPI Awards in Brussels.

Business talk: The future lab sessions

The Packaging Industry

Is there a market for a foam based fiber product within the packaging industry today? What key factors do you look at when designing new packages? To answer these questions, we decided to gather a bunch of experts from the packaging industry.

The new tool

The Idea - A Paper Chair

The original pressing tool for Parupu that was manufactured in Malaysia was far from perfect. Therefore we ordered a new pressing tool, this time from a Swedish manufacturer, hoping to get a better result.

From the Blog

New website and great success for POC!

16 May 2012

Södra Cell begins commercial production of DuraPulp

10 May 2012

Making a wood based diaper

09 May 2012

Boat made out of paper; Is that possible?

30 March 2012

Origami; The art of giving paper a soul

21 March 2012

Biodegradable feeding set for babies

19 March 2012